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Popular impressions - Crutches of the lame... - Lot 8 - Les ventes Damien Voglaire SRL
Popular impressions - Crutches of the lame devil. Without place or date (18th c.), small in-12, the first leaf bears the title and the last two woodcuts. Very rare / Le Solitaire des Ardennes. Interesting anecdote. Caen, P. Chalopin, 1821, in-12, 40 pp. / Histoire nouvelle et divertissante du bon homme Misère, dans lequel on verra ce que c'est que la Misère, où elle a pris son origine, comme elle a trompé la Mort, et quand elle finira dans le monde. Caen, P. Chalopin, undated [between 1743 and 1785], in-12, 23-1bl. p., paperback, grey-blue paper cover. The text, attributed to Sieur de la Rivière, was popularized by the Bibliothèque bleue, and went through multiple editions during the 18th c. The earliest dates from 1719, although it is likely that the story may have appeared in Nicolas Oudot's catalogue as early as 1665./ Set of 3 pamphlets.
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